Can someone steal your credit card info from your pocket? Yes, if you have a contactless card with an RFID chip, the data can be read from it. What can help steal your credit card info? Contactless payment cards have radio frequency identification tags in them which can be read Read more…
The amount of money fraudulently spent using contactless payment cards and mobile devices has increased by £4.2m as their usage across the population has become more widespread. Almost £7m was taken in 2016, compared to £2.8m in 2015, according to Financial Fraud Action UK. In the same period, contactless spending rose Read more…
A Facebook post has gone viral, after a man, Paul Jarvis, saw a thief scamming people out of their money in a tech-savvy manner. He was putting through payments of less than £30 in a wireless card reader and touching it on wallets of unsuspecting people. Mr. Jarvis took a picture Read more…
Is RFID blocking necessary technology? There is quite a lot of debate about whether the RFID blocking technology is really needed or whether it is just a need created by marketers. We found an interesting article with an opinion against the use of RFID blocking technologies. The article below appeared Read more…